Dr. Rania El Haddad Dr. Rania El Haddad joined LAU in 2010 as an assistant professor in the Department of Hospitality Management and Accounting. Prior to her arrival at LAU, she taught at the University of Wales’ TASMAC Business School for one year, and held a number of positions at several hotels in Lebanon, France and Switzerland between 1999 and 2006. She said she chose LAU because of its dynamic hospitality and business sectors and its commitment to research. She also serves as a consultant at H-Hotelier, a hospitality services company specializing in business intelligence tools, training and development programs, and revenue management consultancy.
Dr. Jad Abdallah Dr. Jad Abdallah first began teaching part-time at LAU’s School of Pharmacy in 2007, before joining full-time in 2009. He teaches medical biochemistry, biotechnology and pharmaceutical analysis, medical microbiology, and pharmacognosy. He says he was inspired to join LAU because of the administration’s amiability and professionalism, as well as the school’s level of excellence. He received his Ph.D. in Structure, Function and Protein Engineering from Ecole Doctorale de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire – Université Paris 7 in France. Abdallah is currently working on a research project in collaboration with a French lab in the field of proteomics.
Dr. Nidale Daccache Dr. Nidale Daccache has recently taken on a full-time position as assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LAU Byblos, after having taught Arabic parttime since 2005. Daccache received her Ph.D. in Arabic literature from the Lebanese University in 2004. She is an active member of the “Halkat Al Hiwar Al Thakafi,” a cultural organization that deals with Lebanese and Arab culture. In 2010, out of concern for the direction of the country, she organized a symposium at LAU that gathered ministers and civil society leaders to address steps needed to create a civil state.
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Dr. Tamer Amin joined LAU in 2009 as an assistant professor in the Department of Education, where he teaches science education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Before joining LAU, Amin taught in the Department of Education at the American University of Beirut from 2002–2009. His background primarily lies in the sciences, having earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from Clark University, and bachelor’s and master’s in chemistry from The American University in Cairo and Boston University, respectively. Recently, Amin has begun researching the challenges associated with learning science in the multilingual environment of the Arab world.
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Dr. Tamer Amin